Tradition Collection (page 12)

Orangemen on parade, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Close-up of Orangemen on parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Child riding a seaside donkey (called Charlie ), who looks totally bored with his lot... Date: circa 1930s

Guard on sentry duty, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Woman in Cornish traditional costume with Corn Dollies
Woman (Jan Fennell) in Cornish traditional costume, with a display of Corn Dollies. Date: circa 1970s

Cornish Gorsedd procession, St Just, Cornwall
The Cornish Gorsedd, a community of modern-day bards, taking part in the Sword of Arthur ceremony and procession at St Just in Cornwall

Flamenco Dancer - Barcelona, Spain Date: circa 1910s

Kayan women with neck and leg rings, Burma
Four Kayan women with brass neck and leg rings, Burma. Date: 1915

Natives in kilts at a ngoma, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Natives in Scottish kilts at a ngoma (traditional music and dance festival) in Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1924

Good Friday skipping contest, Alciston, East Sussex
Good Friday skipping contest outside the Rose Cottage Inn at Alciston, East Sussex, an annual event for which the road is officially closed. Date: 1960s

Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460-1490). Early Netherlandish painter. Triptych of Three Kings. 15th century. Gothic. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic. Detail

Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Mu
Islamic art. Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Museum of Turkish and Islamic art. Turkey

Miska jug. 19th century. Hungary
Miska jug. From left to right: 1828, 1855 and 1833. Mezocsat, Borsod county. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Miska jug. 1828. Hungary
Miska jug, 1828. Mezocsat, Borsod county. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Manufacture of felt hats. Hungary
Manufacture of felt hats, formerly widely used in Hungary. Reflects the regional differences, social and occupational. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest, Hungary

Germanic bards. Colored engraving
Bard. Among the ancient Celts, a poet who composed panegyrics and songs of war, but then went on to describe the heroic or lyric poet of any age or country. Germanic bards. Colored engraving

Native American costume, medicine men
Native American Indian, three medicine men, two with masks and masquerade dresses, and one man dressed as a bird. When men die

Palace Hotel Southend
PALACE HOTEL, SOUTHEND - a magnificently ugly hotel in the great English seaside tradition Date: 1926

Tattooing Styles from around the world: 1. West African Woman 2. New Zealand Maori Chieftain 3. New Zealand Maori King 4. Caroline Islander 5/6. Hand and foot tattoos of a Dayak of Borneo 7

The 1958 Season - The last Presentations
Page from The Tatler reporting on the last presentations of debutantes to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the Season of 1958

Lace-Making in the town of Bruges, Belgium 1907
Mid-aged women working in their homes in Fladers on pillow lace-making. Working lots of hours for not much pay from seven in the morning till ten at night

Midday Dancers in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Dancing couples waiting to take part in the Midday Dance of the annual Helston Floral Day, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Grenadier Guards, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards with Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), at their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Candles and lanterns at Wat Phan Tao Temple, Chiang Mai
Buddhist Monk at Wat Phan Tao Temple holding candle during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2014

Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, WW1
Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, illustrating a contemporary version of a childrens song about the Three Kings. Here, the three kings are from Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria

Samuel Baker, explorer, and King Rionga
Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), British explorer, exchanging blood with Rionga, an African king, as part of a negotiation. Date: 1869

Pearly Kings and Queens gather at their patron church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their charity work

Pearly Queens
Pearly Kings and Queens gather at their patron church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their charity work

Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c. ). Carriage of Prince Genji
Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c.). Carriage of Prince Genji. Illustration from the book Genji Monogatari Emaki (The Tale of Genji) by Murasaki Shikibu. Japanese art. Momoyama period. Painting

Diamond Jubilee - Princess Louise and Empress Frederick
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Black and white lantern slide of a horse drawn carriage carrying Princess Louise and Empress Frederick through large crowds and Green Park

Jewish man praying, Jerusalem
A Jewish man holding a book and praying, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Traditional welcome dance, Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Pacific
Girls and women performing a traditional welcome dance, Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Pacific. Date: 1977

Traditional London Tobacconist
G. Smith and Sons at 74 Charing Cross Road, established in 1869. Traditional tobacconist making personal blends and with a cigar humidor

Coronation of Haakon VII of Norway
The Coronation of Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark and Iceland, born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (18721957)

Pearly King and Queen, Peckham Derby Show, London
A Pearly King and Queen, with a boy on a donkey, at the Peckham Derby Show, SE London. Date: 1911

Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses. They are elevated from the ground by posts, to protect their contents from rats. Top left is an ordinary patuka for holding seeds

New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations. They are an ear ornament, real or imitation teeth, grotesque figures (tiki), earrings, a tail feather, a shell, wooden combs, a fly catcher

Man wearing Venice Carnival Jester Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Person wearing Venice Carnival Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Couple wearing Venice Carnival Costumes, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Venice Carnival Costumes
People wearing costumes at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

St Edwards Chair - Coronation Chair
The Coronation Chair of Great Britain, otherwise known as St. Edwards Chair or King Edwards Chair, used for the crowning of British monarchs

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1934
The ceremony of cutting the cake performed by HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (formerly Princess Alexandra of Fife), at Queen Charlottes Ball

Debutante queuing in the Mall by Rex Whistler
A shy debutante, accompanied by an imperious and matronly chaperone, sits in her chauffeur-driven car in the Mall, waiting to gain entrance to Buckingham Palace where she will be presented at court

Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Serbia, showing refugees and soldiers on the move in Serbia during the First World War

Japanese woman, draped in the Rising Sun Flag
Japanese woman, draped in a Kimono made from patterned fabric of the Rising Sun Flag of Japan. She is holding a traditional red paper lantern from a thin stick. Date: circa 1910s

Bouguereau Photo
ADOLPHE-WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU French artist who kept alive the academic tradition when all around him succumbed to impressionism, symbolism and worse : photo about 1900. Date: 1825 - 1905

Japan - Japanese tea ceremony Date: circa 1905

Arab Father and son - Aleppo, Syria. Date: circa 1910s

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